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Whilst checking out Scott’s blog I found that Reg Varney had passed on at the age of 92. He was a ubiquitous figure on UK TV in the sixties and seventies, both as an actor and sometimes playing piano and singing. By far his best known role was that of Stan Butler in “On the Buses” To be frank about it and particularly from this distance in time, On the Buses was rubbish pretty average fayre. However it spawned one of the great catch phrases of the time coined by the Inspector “Blakey” played by Stephen Lewis (surely the worst actor ever to star in a TV show) i.e. “I’ll get you Butler”. The opening titles from this On the Buses film from the early 70’s will give you a flavour of what passed for comedy in those days.

Two pieces of trivia arise from this. As Scott points out not many people know that Reg Varney, in his role of celebrity opened the first automatic cash dispenser in the UK in 1967. Also, On the Buses
was co-written by Ronald Chesney who is widely regarded as Britain’s finest ever harmonica player. I have two harmonicas which have his name on them and as far as I know, he’s still alive. Chesney apparently realised in the late sixties that there was more money in churning out “comedy” shows than being a moothie virtuoso.